Saturday, July 19, 2008

The BATTLE!

PRESENTING:
Sir Readsalot from Bookington

VS.
Sir Peeshispants from Bedfordshire


For the coin toss, Sir Peeshispants wins the luxury of ARMOUR, but to keep things fair, he gets the crappy weapon while Sir Readalot received the SWORD and not so much armour.


Sir Peeshispants finally gets frustrated, throws his crappy sword, and gets DISQUALIFIED! Battle over, both gentlemen WIN... and the prize... A NAP!

The Land of a million tomatoes

We planted TWO (only 2) tomato plants in our garden this year. Prior to the fence, we had a bit of trouble with deer and rabbits. So, we put up the fence to protect our veggies. Then our tomatoes and leaves started disappearing... from the TOP of the plant 5 feet in the air.

What in the world could lean over or get under the fence that would eat WHOLE tomatoes and leaves? Well, we found the culprit... a red horned tomato worm. If you have ever had the displeasure of seeing one of these gruesome creatures, you will understand me when I say this thing was UGLY! And they eat more than I can possibly imagine... these little four inch fat wormy things are PIGS!

So, we rid our garden of these guys and in a few days I am wondering if I should have kept them around because we have a TON of tomatoes!! I mean really, it is ridiculous the number of tomatoes we get every other day. Luckily they are tiny salad tomatoes and there are a million things we can do with them, but still... maybe one or two worms weren't too bad an idea.